Novel archaeal alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase from Thermococcus litoralis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 5513-5518

  Sakuraba, Haruhiko ^a   Kawakami, Ryushi ^a   Takahashi, Hajime ^a   Ohshima, Toshihisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYOXYLATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS LITORALIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA, ARCHAEAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOCOCCUS; TRANSAMINASES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS LITORALIS;

EID: 3843142721     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.16.5513-5518.2004     Document Type: Article

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